Logo
Quote by Thomas Merton
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themsel

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. – Thomas Merton

Other quotes by Thomas Merton

By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. – Thomas Merton

Category:
Religion
Author
Thomas Merton
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Love
category

Blue eyes say, Love me or I die; black eyes say, Love me or I kill thee. – Proverb

Category:
Love

In our minds, love and lust are really separated. Its hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isnt afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe. – Tori Amos

Category:
Love

Love is how you earn your wings. – Karen Goldman

Category:
Love

Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it. – Woody Allen

Category:
Love

Random Quotes

Ive always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them. – Shaun White

Category:
Sports

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war. – R. Lee Ermey

Category:
War

And whether youre drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent. – Bruce Springsteen

Category:
Music

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self. – Martin Luther

Category:
Integrity